Tool holder



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A TTOR/VEYS Patented June 17, 1924.

UNITED AT'EIS WALTER SURY, 0F PIETERLEN, SWITZERLAND;

TOOL HOLDER.

Application-filed November 28, 1922.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it'known that I, WVALTER SURY, a c1t1- zen of Switzerland, and aresident of Pieterlen, State Bern, Switzerland, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements 1n Tool Holders, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention is an improvement in tool holders of the type forming thesubject matter of my co-pending application, filed Nov. 26, 1920, SerialNo. 426,515, patented December 26, 1922, and numbered 1,440,187, and ofwhich this application is a continuation in part, and has for its objectto provide a holder of the character specified, adapted for use withlathes, planers, boring machines, and the like, for firmly holding thetool in any desired position and for inside or outside cutting.

Other objects and advantages of the invention reside in certain novelfeatures of the construction, combination and arrangement of parts whichwill be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out inthe appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawingsforming part of this specification, and in which:

Figure 1 is a view in side elevation of the improved tool;

Figure 2 is a plan view;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary View similar to Figure 1, parts being removedfor the sake of illustration;

Figure 1 is a fragmentary View similar to Figure 2, parts being removedfor the sake of illustration;

Figure 5 is a view in section on line 5-5 of Figure 2;

Figure 6 is a view in section on line 6-6 of Figure 2;

Figure 7 is a plan view, showing a slightly modified form of theimproved tool;

Figure 8 is a view of the tool shown in Figure 7 in side elevation;

Figure 9 is a fragmentary view similar to Figure 7, parts being removedfor the sake of illustration; and

Figure 10 is a fragmentary view similar to Figure 8, parts being removedfor the sake of illustration.

In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, theimproved holder comprises a body 1 of suitable cross section and length,

Serial No. 603,874.

At one end, the body is cutaway on each side, as indicated at 11, thesaid cutaway portions extending over about half the length of the body,and about threefour-ths of the width, and near the endthe body has atransverse under-cut groove 12. This groove is adapted to receive a bolt13, the walls of the groove being undercut to re ceive the head of thebolt, and a plate 16 is mounted on the upper edge of the body, the platehaving an opening for receiving the bolt 13, which is engaged by a nut17 above the plate.

The plate has a depending web 18 at one side, and the web has aninwardly extending rib 19 at its lower edge, which extends in far enoughto be flush with the face of the body. This rib 19 is adapted to clampthe tool in the cutaway portion 11 at either side, for the plate 16 isreversible. This plate has a depending tooth 20 intermediate its sideedges, and intermediate its ends, and this tooth is adapted to engageone of a pair of grooves 21 on the upper edge of the body.

As clearly shown in Figures 5 and 6, the tooth is right-triangular,having one face perpendicular to the plate and one face inclined withrespect thereto, and the grooves 21 are similarly shaped. By looseningthe nut, the plate may be loosened. To loosen the tool held in thecut-away portions 11, the nut is loosened and the bolt is movedlaterally in the groove 13.

The embodiment of the invention shown in Figures 7 to 10, inclusive isidentical in all respects with the tool shown in Figures 1 to 6 andherein-above described except that in lieu of forming the recesses 11entirely open there is provided for these recesses flanges 25. Theflanges 25 terminate at points spaced from the adjacent end of the plate16 and the body 1 of the tool between the flanges and the plate isformed with a transverse slot or recess 26. The flanges 25 defineenclosed spaces 27. (See Figures 8 and 10.) This form of tool isdesigned for the protection and advantage of the mechanic, the flanges,enclosed spaces and recesses precluding the possibility of the toolinjuring the workmen and at the same time rendering the adjustment andmanipulation thereof-easier while enhancing the general efficiency ofthe device.

I claim:

1. A toolholder of the character specified, having at one end atransverse underout groove, a headed bolt adjustably mounted Within thegroove, a plate having a depending inturned flange for engaging the tooland an opening for receiving the bolt, a nut on the bolt, said plate andholder having cooperating means for forcing the inturned flange towardthe holder when the nut is tightened said cooperating means including aV-shaped rib carried by the plate, said holder being provided withcorrespondingly shaped grooves with which the V-shaped rib isselectively cooperable, the sides of the holder being cut away for re-WALTER SURY.

